MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Dustin Caya, 35, of Mount Hope, Wis., was sentenced on July 19 by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 78 months in federal prison for possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with...

MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Thomas Strick, 60, of Wausau, Wis., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to five counts of obtaining fentanyl by use of misrepresentation and fraud. Strick faces a maximum penalty of...

MILWAUKEE – United States Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division Associate Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Bell and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Matthew D. Krueger announced that federal, state and local law enforcement officers engaged in a significant operation in Milwaukee today that targeted a...

MIDLAND, Texas – Ryan David Green, 27, of Midland, faces up to life in federal prison time after pleading guilty this week to firearm and drug trafficking charges in connection with the murder of two Midland residents in July 2015, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Midland Police Chief Seth...

MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Gregory Smith, 51, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Smith...

MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Joshua Clarke, 31, of Richland Center, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 90 months in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for possessing...

MADISON, Wis. - Cortez Jackson, 39, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and Van Williamson, 42, of Madison, Wisconsin, are charged with conspiring to distribute a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, and cocaine. The indictment alleges that the amount of the mixture of heroin and fentanyl involved in the conspiracy that was...

MADISON, Wis. - Andrew R. Henke, 35, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, is charged with distributing methamphetamine and with possessing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. The indictment alleges that he distributed and possessed methamphetamine on March 26, 2019. If convicted, Henke faces a mandatory minimum...

HAMMOND, Ind. – Michael Henry Minix, age 44, of Knox, Ind., was charged in a six-count indictment with distribution of and possession with intent to distribute Schedule II and III narcotics, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. The indictment alleged that, beginning in August 2017 through May 2019, Minix distributed oxycodone, a...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Omil Cotto, 33, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of methamphetamine possession with the intent to distribute and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The evidence acquired during the investigation shows that at approximately 2:39...